A suicide bomber and a gunman killed more than 20 people at a Shiite mosque in Afghanistan’s main western city of Herat Tuesday, the latest attack to highlight a deteriorating security situation in the country. The assault on the Jawadya mosque in Herat, which is close to Afghanistan’s border with Iran, came a day after … Read more
Afghan security forces are battling gunmen following a suicide attack outside the Iraqi embassy in the capital, Kabul. Four attackers targeted the complex in the central Shar-e-Naw neighbourhood, the Afghan interior ministry said. A bomber blew himself up at the gate of the embassy, and three others entered the compound. No information has been provided … Read more
At least 24 people have been killed and 42 wounded after a car bomb struck a bus carrying government employees in western Kabul Monday, an official told AFP, the latest attack to strike the Afghan capital. “The car bomb hit a bus carrying employees of the ministry of mines during rush hour,” interior ministry spokesman … Read more
At least eight people have been killed and ten wounded after a car bomb rocked western Kabul on Monday, an official told AFP, the latest attack to strike the Afghan capital. “So far eight dead bodies and 10 wounded have been brought to Kabul hospitals,” Waheed Mojtoh, a health ministry spokesman, told AFP. An official … Read more
A woman and child were killed Wednesday when a rocket struck their house in Kabul, already traumatised by a series of deadly attacks, officials said, as civilians continue paying a high price in the Afghan conflict. At least one more child was also injured in the blast, interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish said, adding that … Read more
At least 15 people were killed and wounded as explosions rocked the funeral of an Afghan politician’s son who died during an anti-government protest over spiralling insecurity in Kabul, raising tensions in a city already on edge. Witnesses reported three explosions at the burial site of Salim Ezadyar, who was among four people killed on … Read more
At least 40 people were killed or wounded Wednesday as a massive blast ripped through Kabul’s diplomatic quarter, shattering the morning rush hour and bringing carnage to the streets of the Afghan capital. Bodies littered the scene and a huge plume of smoke rose from the area which houses foreign embassies. However, it was not … Read more
A suicide car bomber killed 13 people in the eastern Afghan city of Khost on Saturday, officials said, in the first major insurgent attack at the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the bombing, which provincial authorities said targeted a CIA-funded pro-government militia force in … Read more
A suicide car bomber killed 18 people in the eastern Afghan city of Khost on Saturday, the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, the interior ministry said. Ministry spokesman Najib Danish told AFP a public bus station was hit by the bombing, but local police said the target were Afghan security forces … Read more
Kabul police said Monday they were investigating a “terrorist” attack on an international guest house that left a German aid worker and an Afghan guard dead and a Finnish woman kidnapped. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the raid by gunmen late Saturday on the guest house run by Swedish charity Operation Mercy … Read more
At least 20 policemen were killed in Taliban ambushes in southern Afghanistan, officials said, as security forces sought to dislodge fighters in multiple districts. Fighting is ongoing in Zabul province, where the police were attacked in Shah Joi district, provincial governor Bismullah Afghanmal said on Sunday. He said the Taliban had ambushed police in the … Read more
A German aid worker and an Afghan guard were killed as gunmen stormed an international guest house in central Kabul, officials said Sunday, as insecurity rises in the war-torn country. A Finnish woman is missing and presumed to be kidnapped in the attack late Saturday on the guest house run by a Swedish charity called … Read more
A bomb blast targeting a convoy of foreign forces near the US embassy in Kabul Wednesday killed at least three people and wounded 15, officials said, the latest militant attack to rock the Afghan capital. Interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish confirmed the blast targeted “a convoy of foreign forces passing the area”. “We are checking … Read more
At least five people were killed Wednesday when a suicide bomber on foot struck near the Afghan defense ministry in Kabul, officials said, in an attack that was claimed by the Islamic State group. Three other people were left wounded in the explosion, which occurred during afternoon rush hour when employees of the ministry were … Read more
Pakistan has begun building a fence along its border with Afghanistan to curtail the movement of militants, its army said, in a move criticised by its eastern neighbour for dividing communities. The two nations are divided by the “Durand Line”, a 2,400-kilometre (1,500-mile) frontier drawn by the British in 1896 and disputed by Kabul, which … Read more